A ceramic plugging paste useful to make plugs having through holes (partial plugs) in a ceramic honeycomb filter in which the plugging paste is comprised of a ceramic particulate and fluid carrier, wherein the ceramic particulate has at least 90% by number of the particulates being less than 50 micrometers and the fluid carrier is present in an amount sufficient such that the plugging paste is fluid enough to be inserted into a ceramic honeycomb channel and be retained in said channel without any other support other than the walls of the honeycomb defining the channel. Such a paste may be easily injected in the same manner as regular pastes. Such pastes and methods advantageously realize plugs having a through hole resulting in honeycomb filters having low pressure drop while still retaining effective particulate filtration.